Connie O'Byrne: OPEN LETTER to Commissioner Bob Paulson RCMP.
Who will investigate the influential, if the investigators (i.e. the police) are not independent of this same group? The term "Police State" was ...
To Serve and Protect ... or ... To Serve and Collect.

Connie O'Byrne: SCC 31539 setting review date request for Rule 78 - "THAT forged, fraudulant, and non existent documents have been processed throught the courts, government agencies, financial institutions etc. Then with the assistance of fraudulantly obtained Orders issued by the Court, targeted property, money and other assets are seized "il" legally." To download this file click here.

Condominium con artists: "Renegade boards working with condominium property managers who hire big legal firms to protect them is just the beginning. Conflicts of interest, unaccountability, questionable contracts, non-disclosure and the disregard of the Condominium Property Act by those lawyers and consultants who claim to have advised government(s) in drafting provincial legislation (Condominium Property Act) is the new real estate con job". Website

Dec 13, 2011. Canadian Corruption - Nigeria North?. Canada continues to slip in global corruption standings, falling from 6th to 10th place in the Corruption Perceptions Index to be released Thursday. It is Canada's worst showing in five years in the survey by Transparency International, which ranks 183 countries in order of 'very clean' down to 'highly corrupt,' by their perceived levels of corruption based on expert assessments and domestic opinion surveys.

Just last month, Canada slid from the top spot of countries with a reputation for honest overseas business practices to a much less impressive middle ranking among Western countries whose companies pay bribes abroad according to TI's Bribe Payers Index. Story

Comment: In Canada corrupt white collar con artists spend a few years getting a law degree and they then start in on the public (endangered species) by seizing land and assets using questionable Writs, Caveats and cooked Documents. This is what they call articling.

Oct 28, 2011. Winnipeg lawyer disbarred. A veteran Winnipeg lawyer has been disbarred after a routine audit uncovered a case of major malpractice where he duped a client so his own family could cash in on their misfortune. James Richard Smith lost his final shot at keeping his 37-year career alive earlier this month when the Manitoba Court of Appeal rejected his bid to overturn the Law Society of Manitoba's ruling. Smith was convicted of seven counts of professional misconduct by a disciplinary committee, which then recommended the most serious sanction available. Smith is believed to be the first provincial lawyer ever disbarred without having misappropriated funds in a criminal manner. "Our view of all the facts is that they disclose a pattern of lack of integrity," the Law Society of Manitoba wrote in its original decision that has now been upheld. Story

Oct 5, 2011. Canada lagging behind in affordable access to legal system. "Ordinary, working-class or middle-class people of no great means, who have legal needs — be they in relation to problems they encounter with personal injuries, renovations to their house, family matters, maybe getting a will done . . . people feel they cannot take a step of finding a lawyer or launching a lawsuit, or doing what they feel should be necessary to protect their legal rights," McLachlin said Saturday in Halifax at the Canadian Bar Association's annual conference.

"They fear expense. They fear delay. In the family law area, they fear getting mired in processes that exacerbate the dispute and have very bad consequences for preserving as much of the family assets as can be preserved," she said. Story

Comment: What Ms. McLachlin is not saying is that many of these vultures who are members in good standing of the CBA and Provincial Law Societies are enthusiastically exploiting, lying, and cheating the public due to their orchestrated chaos of the legal system. The deceit by despots with law degrees in Canada has been "business as usual" for the last twenty years and it's reaching epidemic proportions ... all due to self governance.

Many of these Canadian legal con-artists would be found "unfit to practice law" in Nigeria.

Aug 18, 2011. Mortgage Scam: California attorney general sues lawyers. Los Angeles (CNN) -- The California attorney general is suing "a ring" of lawyers for allegedly defrauding at least 2,500 homeowners out of millions of dollars, a scam that was supposed to provide relief on their troubled mortgages, she said Thursday.

The civil suit filed by the state's top attorney names three law firms, three other lawyers and 14 other defendants. They are accused of sending 2 million deceptive pieces of mail in California and at least 17 other states and using misleading advertising and telemarketing practices to entice desperate homeowners to believe that they could sue mortgage lenders and stop foreclosures, Attorney General Kamala Harris said.

"Yesterday, we broke up what we believe is a fraud ring that is national in scope," Harris said. "They were engaged in what is called a mass joinder scam." Story

Comment: In California the call them "fraud rings" and in Canada they are known as "lawyer gangs" but the common denominator is that they all have a law degree.

Aug 14, 2011. Court chief justice backs protest. In a controversial speech last February to the law faculty at the University of Western Ontario, Kenney said Federal Court judges, who preside over immigration cases, weren't doing enough to help the government remove immigrants with alleged criminal pasts, and other unwanted refugees, from Canada. He accused judges of delaying such cases in the court, and of "heavy-handed" interference in decisions made by immigration department officials. The comments were loudly condemned at the time by immigration lawyers and by Rod Snow, the CBA's president. Story

Comment: The CBA is just another national special interest group for ethically challenged lawyers and they provide about as much judicial value as law societies and their despot members do. It's no secret that hundreds of people and their identities have vanished once being admitted to Canada, and it wasn't elected political types who represented them.

May 24, 2011. Tony Merchant - Professional Misconduct Allegations! Tony Merchant, who attended Monday’s proceedings with his lawyer Gord Kuski, is accused of conduct unbecoming a lawyer under The Legal Profession Act. Merchant faces eight counts relating to his handling of legal action in two separate family law disputes for “Client X”and “Ms. T,” as they are identified in public documents.

Monday’s hearing focused on the allegations regarding Ms. T’s file. It’s alleged Merchant entered into a contingency fee agreement with his client for services related to a matrimonial dispute, without having the form and content of the agreement approved by the court. In addition, it’s alleged Merchant didn’t ensure the agreement stated that any party to it may apply to the court to determine whether or not the agreement is fair and reasonable.

Other allegations contend Merchant “wilfully or recklessly” failed to follow the instructions of Ms. T regarding the service of a formal offer to settle upon her husband; failed to exercise due diligence to ensure the instructions of his client of Ms. T were followed regarding the service of a formal offer to settle upon her husband; and placed his firm’s interest above those of his client by failing to serve a formal offer to settle upon Mr. T. Story

Comment: This piece of work and his disbarred lawyer son must be getting close to a Guiness World Book of Records for conduct unbecoming a lawyer and do not be surprised if the Saskatchewan Law Society and Attorney General Don Morgan QC give Merchant a free trip to Disneyland for his efforts?

May 01, 2011. Lawyer Gangs Moving Millions - Shory clients sent 'fraud' funds abroad - Clients of lawyer and Calgary Conservative MP Devinder Shory wired nearly $3 million to India and Hong Kong — money a lawsuit claims is part of the proceeds of a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud. According to court documents obtained exclusively by CBC News, husband and wife Sanjeev and Rajshree Malik of Calgary wired more than $825,000 to India. The Maliks, together with Rajesh, Surinder and Suneet Sharma — who are not Shory's clients — also wired more than $2 million to India and Hong Kong, according to the court documents. Story

Comment: Some Provinces do not have this problem (FRAUDS) because they simply prohibit despot lawyer gangs from participating in real estate transactions.

Honourable: We think websters should be rewriting the meaning of the word?

April 22, 2011. Lawyer Gangs - Don’t vote Conservative, immigration lawyers warn newcomers - In an unusual move, a group of Canadian lawyers and legal academics are urging voters not to support the Conservative Party in the May 2 election. “The Conservative Party has been telling visible minority immigrant communities, which it calls the ‘ethnic vote,’ that it is improving the immigration system,” said the group in a statement released Wednesday. “A review of their record shows the contrary.” The group, made up of leading immigration lawyers and professor across Canada, said the Conservative Party has misled the public, especially immigrant voters, by making twisted statements about the state of Canada’s immigration and refugee system, in order to win newcomer votes. Story

Comment: Is it like despot lawyers do not misled their vulnerable clients and immigration FRAUD should be exercised under total transparency?

April 19, 2011. Appointing the Judicial Circus - Appointing judges to the Supreme Court of Canada is the most important thing the next prime minister will do. He can and will choose whatever senior lawyers strike his fancy. He will single-handedly shape Canada’s most significant governance institution for a generation. Long after the prime minister has gone off to enjoy a well-earned rest, the judges he chose will be sitting in Ottawa, deciding critical social, political and economic issues that confront Canada, perpetuating the views of the person who picked them. The mandatory retirement age of a Supreme Court justice is 75. Four of the current nine justices are over 70. Others are already eligible to retire with a full pension. Story

April 11, 2011. Victims of Crime Awareness Week - April 10 - 16 has been declared Victims of Crime Awareness Week in Saskatchewan, to coincide with National Victims of Crime Awareness week. This week is an opportunity to raise awareness about the needs of victims of crime and tragedy, and about the variety of programs and services in place to help victims and their families in Saskatchewan. This year's theme is "Many Voices, Many Paths". Release

Comment: No warnings from Don Morgan on the epidemic of lawyer gangs preying on the public. None of these greasy attorney generals ever seem to include their own brotherhood in the business of swindling and defrauding the public?

March 30, 2011. Lawyer Gangs & Mortgage Fraud - Defendants in massive mortgage lawsuit blame BMO - Yet a common strain runs through the defendants' statements of defence, filed in Calgary court over the past several months. Many claim the mortgage transactions were legitimate and, if not, that it was BMO's responsibility to vet the boom-time claims. "The plaintiff was eager to loan money in a heated real estate market. As high ratio mortgage loans were fully insured, the plaintiff took no care whatsoever in approving loans or supervising those who had the authority to approve mortgage loans," reads a joint statement of defence submitted by Suneet Sharma, Rajesh Sharma, Anjna Sharma and several numbered companies. "The plaintiff was wilfully blind in respect of the following: the fact that mortgage applicants were overstating the value of their assets; the fact that applicants were overstating their income; the fact that applicants were not intending to live in the properties being purchased." Story

Comment: Perhaps "The Great Houdini" may appear in later statements of defense? It is time to remove lawyers from real estate transactions and replace them with other professionals far removed from the lawyer gangs. Seedy lawyers are actively involved in controlling property management and active in removing the public's real estate assets using questionable WRITS and Caveats.

March 5, 2011. Disgraced integrity lawyer collects $400,000.00 - OTTAWA -The federal government is paying $400,000 in severance to Christiane Ouimet, the disgraced former public-sector integrity commissioner who resigned in haste last fall, Postmedia News has learned. The sum is based on a calculation of a year-and-a-half of Ouimet's salary and benefits. She also qualifies for her pension. The severance pay is documented in a file the Privy Council Office sent to members of a House of Commons committee who requested communications between the office and Ouimet for their study of the former commissioner's performance and departure. The Privy Council — the public service agency which serves the Prime Minister's Office and cabinet — asked that the committee keep confidential the document detailing the severance. Ouimet was appointed commissioner in April 2007 and tasked with protecting government whistleblowers seeking to disclose wrongdoing in the federal public sector. Story

Comment: A graduate of the University of Ottawa, Ouimet has an Honours degree and two Bachelors Degrees in Law (Civil Law and Common Law). A member of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1982. Integrity is not in any Canadian Law dictionary she read and Ouimet (lawyer) has again demonstrated how incompetent and lazy lawyers thrive in Canada's public service bureaucracy. And this piece of work was a integrity commissioner.

Feb 18, 2011. Lawyers' big fees a barrier to justice - Canada's top judge is warning that the legal system doesn't work for ordinary people and courts are fast becoming the domain of the rich -or the indigent. In a startlingly frank speech at a University of Toronto legal conference, Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin last week was especially critical of high legal fees -now averaging nearly $340 an hour. "Do we have adequate access to justice?" Justice McLachlin asked. "It seems to me that the answer is, no.

Like Justice Finch, Justice McLachlin in her critique focused on the monopoly lawyers enjoy with the implicit warning that if the profession doesn't fix this problem, governments will -and the bar might not like their solution. Story

Comment: The chances of the legal profession (lawyer gangs) fixing the "problem for profit" environment they in fact created is nieve at best, although Justice McLachlin is correct in her assesment of this legal hostage epidemic.

The lawyer gangs are not to worried about the public's ability to pay $340.00 per hour as the clients real estate assets are worth much more. These assets are enthusiastically removed from them by lawyers using questionable WRITS, LIENS, CAVEATS and court officials.

Feb 08, 2011. Canada's "underpriviledged" lawyers -Prosecutors, government lawyers on strike. QUEBEC — Quebec's 1,400 government lawyers and Crown prosecutors walked off the job Tuesday in a bid to seek better working conditions and a 40 per cent pay hike, but the unprecedented legal strike left the government unfazed. Government lawyers and Crown prosecutors in Quebec top out at $102,000 a year. Crown prosecutors, she said, are paid for only 35 hours a week — there's no overtime. Story

Comment: It certainly is a shock to hear the misery of someone (1,400 lawyers) making a hundred thousand dollars a year for 35 hours of work per week? Since the Human Rights lawyers are most likely on strike to, I guess these poor lawyers will just have to deal with this persecution until they go back to work. As far as the rest of Canada goes lawyers are grossly overpaid for what they do not do, and there are far to many of them (licensed vultures) than the population (public) can substain. Think along the lines that the public is the endangered species due to the overbreeding of lawyers in Canada.

I would be willing to volunteer as a mediator for any government who has this problem. My first action would be to transport them (all 1400) to a floating iceberg in the atlantic ocean with currents heading south, supply them with food, tents, a cellphone, spare batteries, a Verizon wireless account, and instructions to call back (mediator & chief negotiator) in July.

Just hope I haven't gone on vacation or wandered out of range ...

Jan 13, 2011. Tony Merchant - More class actions from the King of Legal Comedy! REGINA — About 45,000 Canadians are to receive Indian status as defined by the Indian Act. And now a local law firm has launched a class action lawsuit because it believes that those individuals are eligible to recover more than $2.7 billion in taxes and other amounts owed to First Nations who, since 1985, have been wrongly denied Indian status. Last month, Bill C-3 Gender Equity in Indian Registration Act received royal assent and the federal government can now move forward. The bringing into force of Bill C-3 will ensure that eligible grandchildren of women who lost status as a result of marrying non-Indian men will become entitled to Indian status. Tony Merchant, whose law group has been working on the lawsuit since July, filed the class action suit in federal court and in the province and plans to file similar suits in other provinces. He believes that the $2.7-billion figure is fairly accurate based on a number of factors. Story

Comment: Merchant's accounting skills have been ridiculed and disputed by those with integrity for the last several years, and as it should be. There are others ...

When verification is demanded from Merchant he pulls a no show.

Nov 18, 2010. Ont. probes dropped charges in alleged Ponzi scheme - Ontario's attorney general says he is investigating why criminal charges were dropped against a Toronto man accused of operating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. "I have asked the chief prosecutor to get to the bottom of it and I've asked for the report as quickly as possible," Chris Bentley said in Ontario's legislature on Tuesday, responding to a question by NDP justice critic Peter Kormos. The question was in response to a CBC News investigation that revealed the Crown Attorney's Office withdrew charges against Tzvi Erez, partly because it said the court system lacks resources. According to a report filed by a court-appointed receiver, Erez, 43, used a series of expertly forged documents to defraud more than 70 investors of $27 million. Story

Comment: Rob Nicholson MP (Justice) won't do a thing about anything even when it concerns federal legislation being circumvented by lawyers in any province, so his "staged response" is typical of just another Canadian political failure with a law degree. And who are the fat cats (take a guess?) eating up all the money in the justice system?

Nigeria North is what their saying ...

Nov 17, 2010. Agents broke solicitor-client privilege - OTTAWA — Federal security agents recorded 171 phone calls between suspected terrorist Mahmoud Jaballah and his lawyers after they agreed to halt the practice in December 2008. That revelation is contained in a recent order issued by Federal Court Judge Kevin Aalto, who condemns the repeated breaches of solicitor-client privilege. "Solicitor-client privilege is virtually sacrosanct in the Canadian judicial system," Aalto said in ordering two federal agencies to turn over a raft of documents to Jaballah's defence team. Story

Dictionary: sac·ro·sanct

adj.
Regarded as sacred and inviolable.

Comment: Seedy canadian lawyers love to use the excuse "Solicitor-client privilege" for their own self interests (see below). It is not surprising a bunch of Ottawa lawyers dressed up in Santa Claus costumes (SCC robes) would enforce this decision.

Nov 10, 2010. Lawyers & Mortgage Fraud - A Cochrane lawyer has been charged with fraud for allegedly stealing more than $1 million, according to RCMP. Calgary commercial crime section investigators laid 13 charges after money was apparently misdirected between September 2008 and August 2009. RCMP commercial crime Sgt. Glen Demmon said the total value of the fraud is "over one million dollars." Nicola Alexandra Davis has been charged with uttering of forged documents, fraudulently obtaining mortgages and theft of properties. She will appear in court on Dec. 13. Story.

Comment: Another method of losing your property to lawyers is "legal theft" and using the courts to do it. This practice is of a much greater scale than of a despot with a law degree.

Sept 29, 2010. Loan Shark with a Law Degree? - Legal fees, costs drain victim's award. - An accident victim from Vancouver Island has filed a formal complaint against her lawyer after legal fees and related expenses took more than half of her $250,000 insurance settlement. "He never let me believe once that I would be walking out of there with nothing," Story

McGarvey's final accounting — which lists everything paid by his office — includes $136,000 for legal fees, expenses, research and interest. That alone is more than half the quarter-million-dollar final settlement amount.

The expenses include $5,683 for photocopying — which would pay for almost 60,000 pages at 10 cents each — and $1,734 for faxes. All billed to an insurance claim on a one-vehicle accident.

Comment: Legal abuse and legal extortion is at epidemic proportions in Canada, and this is just one story that managed to be covered by national media. The rest are kept under wraps by the brotherhood of lawyers including legislators.(see below)

"Please consult with your Provincial Lawless Society"

Sept 9, 2010. Canadian Judicial Circus - Naked judge pics gets pressured man fired - The man who came forward with claims that he had been pressured to have sex with his lawyer's wife, a Manitoba judge, has been fired from his job. Just one week after news broke that Winnipeg lawyer Jack King, who according to his lawyer was suffering from depression at the time, had attempted to entice a client to have sex with his wife, provincial judge Lori Douglas, in 2003, that client -- Alex Chapman -- learned he had been fired from his job of 13 years as a computer programmer at Great-West Life. A Great-West Life spokeswoman declined to comment yesterday, citing privacy concerns, but Mr. Chapman said he was told he was fired over a file folder on his computer that contained evidence for his civil case against Mr. King and Judge Douglas, including nude images of Judge Douglas that had been posted to a website. Mr. Chapman plans to file a complaint about his firing to the Manitoba Human Rights Commission this week. He is also demanding the company allow him to retrieve the file. The images contained in the file were evidence for his civil case, he said, and thus not equivalent to downloading pornography. Story

Sept 9, 2010. Law Society blocked documents connected to sex scandal - WINNIPEG — The Law Society of Manitoba blocked all public access to allegations of sexual impropriety against a Manitoba judge and her lawyer husband five years before the secret finally exploded last week. Court documents obtained by the Winnipeg Free Press show that at the request of the Law Society, the Court of Appeal issued a sealing order on, among other things, documents containing what they called "very sensitive" facts outlining incidents that only became public days ago. The province's highest court also agreed with the Law Society's request not to notify media outlets about the motion to prevent access as part of proceedings in an unrelated case they were hearing. The Supreme Court of Canada has stated that the media should be given notice of any attempt to ban access to or publication of information in a court proceeding. Story

Comment: Do you really think that the law society of Manitoba is the only society that witholds information from the public? These self governing groups of vultures with law degrees need to be investigated by someone outside of their vicious membership (lawyer gangs).

Sept 8, 2010. Bondage Judge in sex scandal now facing new allegations - WINNIPEG — The Manitoba judge who temporarily removed herself from active duties pending a federal review of her status is facing new allegationsof wrongdoing, the Winnipeg Free Press has learned. A Winnipeg woman has made a formal complaint to the Canadian Judicial Council, claiming recent revelations about the personal life of Queen's Bench Associate Chief Justice Lori Douglas have led her to believe she was the victim of an unfair court hearing. The woman says she unsuccessfully filed for a prevention order against her estranged husband, a lawyer who admits to being a "sex addict," while appearing before Douglas in 2008.

Justice sources told the Winnipeg Free Press on Tuesday there is concern the controversy surrounding Douglas could open the floodgates on similar complaints from people who feel they were wronged by her in family court and now want a review of their case.

The question of what Douglas knew, and what she disclosed, is important because aspiring judges are required to answer the following question: "Is there anything in your past or present which could reflect negatively on yourself or the judiciary?"Story

Sept 1, 2010. Queens Bench Nude Bondage (Family Law) Judge - NAKED photographs of a senior Manitoba judge engaged in bondage are part of a man's complaints to legal watchdogs about the judge's past and that of her husband, CBC News has learned. A formal complaint was filed in July with the Canadian Judicial Council against Lori Douglas, associate chief justice of Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench (family division). Another complaint has been lodged with Manitoba's Law Society against Douglas's husband, Jack King, a Winnipeg family lawyer. The complainant, computer specialist Alexander Chapman, alleges that King harassed him in 2003 by pressing him to have sex with Douglas, who was a lawyer at the time. Over several weeks, Chapman said King showed him about 30 sexually explicit photos of Douglas, showing her naked in various forms of bondage, in chains, with sex toys and performing oral sex. Story

Comment: For those who are getting screwed by the lawyer gangs working Canada's courts this story is not surprising ...See below July 15, 2010 , Vultures Ball Gone Bad.

Aug 18, 2010. Dirty Government? - Charge mysteriously disappears for G20 accused - The only person charged under a controversial G20 regulation appeared in court Wednesday only to discover his charge has mysteriously disappeared. Dave Vasey, 31, was exploring the G20 security perimeter June 24 when he was arrested and charged with violating a temporary regulation under the Public Works Protection Act. Vasey, who had no knowledge of the law, was taken to the Eastern Ave. detention centre and held for about five hours. He was released with a summons to appear in court on Wednesday. But when Vasey arrived at Old City Hall Wednesday morning, his name was nowhere to be found on the docket. The court also had no information about his case. Vasey’s charge, it would seem, no longer exists. “They didn’t have any record of it, either on paper or in the computer system,” Vasey said. “The justice of the peace herself looked and said, ‘This is highly unusual.’ ” “There are only two possibilities. The first is there never was a charge,” he said. “The only other possibility I can think of is that the government simply didn’t want any further embarrassment over this regulation that was passed in secret and simply decided not to pursue it. “If that’s the case, then they were just hoping the issue would go away.”Story

Comment: It is common knowledge that when lawyers, bureaucrats, political failures and the institutions they represent are caught in the act ... they just hope the issue will go away (spineless contempt of public courts) and they will not even respond to defend themselves. This website clearly illustrates the "no show" method of avoidance and how legal documentation can be made to appear and dissapear in Canada's courts ... and it's no accident.

July 19, 2010. RCMP Gone Bad - Lewd On Duty - An internal RCMP report shows that 56 members of the force were formally disciplined during the 2008-2009 fiscal year for a range of code of conduct violations, including soliciting a prostitute, sexual assault, masturbating in a vehicle and impaired driving. Story

July 15, 2010. Vultures Ball Gone Bad - Lawyers Sexual Misconduct- Lawyers at a notable Toronto labour law firm who advise employers on dealing with sensitive workplace issues have become embroiled in their own storm centring on allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct, which have surfaced in an explosive $2.3-million defamation case. The case involves David Cowling, a partner at Mathews, Dinsdale & Clarke (MDC), who advises employers on how to deal with a range of labour issues, including sexual harassment and “poisoned workplace environments.” He has sued two junior lawyers, who have left the firm, for defamation and intentional interference with economic relations, after they told his partners he engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct at a firm party in January 2009 at the Toronto nightclub Cheval.

It’s just the latest case involving sexual issues and law firms to hit the news. McCarthy Tétrault has been fending off a $20-million sexual discrimination case brought by former partner Diane LaCalamita.

In 2007, George Hunter, the former head of the Ontario’s legal regulator, the Law Society of Upper Canada, was suspended from practising law for 60 days after sleeping with a client. Story

Comment: And when the hung over participants of the Vultures Ball get back to the office they send you a legal bill otherwise known as financial rape. Someone has to pay for their jollies?

July 2, 2010. Merchant Law Group & Facebook - King of Legal Comedy! - The Regina-based Merchant Law Group LLP said Friday it is launching class actions on behalf of anyone who was "subject to misrepresentation and other wrongful practices by (Facebook Inc.) in regards to their personal information."

The lawsuits would allege that Facebook changed its terms of service without proper communication, and that it changed users' privacy settings without proper consent, the law firm said in a 32-page statement of claim that was filed in the Court of Queen's Bench in Winnipeg on Friday. Story

Comment: Some lawyers and their brotherhood of vultures have been changing terms of service with clients and without proper communication for years, and when it comes to answering questions Tony Merchant pulls a Court of Queens Bench "no show"

Have any prominent lawyers been picking through the privacy commissioners trash can?

May 8, 2010. Merchant Law Group - Leave to Appeal Refused - REGINA — Prominent Regina lawyer Tony Merchant wants to challenge a court ruling allowing a defamation suit against him to continue. Earlier this week, Merchant asked the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal for leave to appeal a recent order by Court of Queen's Bench Justice Mona Dovell, in which she refused to throw out a statement of claim by Yorkton radiologist Dr. Darius Tsatsi. Tsatsi claims Merchant made defamatory statements against him, including during a press conference on June 1, 2009 — the day Merchant, on behalf of allegedly affected patients, launched a class-action suit against Tsatsi. Story

Comment: This is typical "prominent" posturing by Tony Merchant when others have issues with his conduct, his accounting, his ethics and his law firm. Tony Merchant (document) and Frank Quennell (former attorney general) refused to appear as requested by the Alberta Courts and no one has forgotten ...

May 5, 2010. Bankers, Lawyers, Brokers & Mortgage FRAUD - CALGARY — The RCMP has been called in to investigate allegations by the Bank of Montreal that it has lost $70 million in a massive mortgage scam involving more than a hundred people including lawyers, brokers and even its own employees.

The bank, in a lawsuit filed in Calgary, says it has been scammed in several schemes that were first flagged in a security check four years ago. It alleges the defendants found undervalued houses in upscale neighbourhoods, then paid someone a few thousand dollars to put their name on a mortgage application.

Documents were then forged to inflate the value of the property and to fool the bank into believing the buyer had the ability to pay. Once the mortgage was approved, the fraudsters pocketed the profit and the money was sent overseas, the bank says. Story

May 5, 2010. Lawyer GANGS, MP's, Banks - The Bank of Montreal is accusing Calgary Conservative MP Devinder Shory of having ties to what is believed to be Canada's largest mortgage fraud. The bank has filed a lawsuit against hundreds of Albertans, including Shory. Civil court documents filed in the lawsuit, and obtained exclusively by CBC News, allege Shory, a lawyer, executed legal transactions that misrepresented the true mortgage owner of at least five Calgary properties. Story

March 30, 2010. Alberta Justice Corruption - Edmonton police commission chair Brian Gibson and Calgary police Chief Rick Hanson were among a wide panel of Alberta law enforcement leaders who testified before the standing committee on justice and human rights. Member Joe Comartin, an Ontario New Democrat, asked the officers if they had seen incidents where organized crime has financially corrupted Alberta police, prosecutors or judges. "The answer to that is 'Yes,' " Hanson said. Story

March 29, 2010. Merchant Law Group - "Best discount ever" Wei Wu. Documents authored by Wei Wu. Document

I, Changyu Huang, authorize Anthony Gavrielides to access my file with Merchant Law Group.

Changyu Huang
Mar 25, 2010

March 9, 2010. Dropped cocaine charge, former MP Rahim Jaffer - Two Tier Justice? - After pleading guilty to careless driving and being told by an Ontario judge he should "recognize a break when you see one," former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer was fined $500 Tuesday. Jaffer, 38, was initially charged with cocaine possession, impaired driving and speeding, stemming from an incident last September in the village of Palgrave, Ont., about 60 kilometres northwest of Toronto.

Jaffer — who is married to Conservative MP and Minister of State for the Status of Women Helena Guergis — was driving his wife's grey Ford Escape when he was pulled over for speeding on Sept. 11, 2009. According to the Ontario Provincial Police, Jaffer clocked in at 93 km/h in a 50 km/h zone. He told officers he was on his way home to Angus, Ont., which is located in his wife's riding of Simcoe-Grey.

According to the police, the tests registered more than 80 milligrams of alcohol (0.08) in Jaffer's blood. The OPP also allegedly found cocaine during a search of the car, but the alleged amount was never released. Story

Comment: "The following story (below) should inspire even more confidence in Canadian Justice"

March 5, 2010. Thank you! - Judge - "There is a considerable internal pressure," said MacInnes. "You don't want to be a rogue and you don't want to look like an idiot to your colleagues." The veteran judge, who concedes he likely got his appointment because he supported the party in power, was promoted to the Manitoba Court of Appeal in 2007. Story

Feb 11, 2010. Extreme Heat! - Marc DeMarco gives a video interview and his own accounts on injustices and corruption in Ontario and the Niagara Region in particular. Video  Documents

Jan 24, 2010. Lawyer Gangs - BC Lawyer arrested - A Vernon, B.C., lawyer was arrested Friday and charged with participating "in activities of a criminal organization" in connection with a notorious Okanagan gang known as the Greeks. The gang, accused of killing three people, had dealings with the Hells Angels in Calgary and Kelowna and was suspected of having ties to the United Nations gang in Vancouver William Mastop, 43, a lawyer since 1995 who runs his own firm in Vernon, was charged by direct indictment, which alleges he took part in the activities of a criminal organization between August 2004 and December 2005. It is believed to be the first time a B.C. lawyer has been accused of such involvement. Mastop remains in custody until his first appearance Monday at the Vancouver Law Courts. Story

Jan 08, 2010. Osgood Hall Graduation Class - Thursday an Ontario judge sentenced Grmovsek, a 40-year-old former lawyer, to 39 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of fraud, insider trading and money laundering in a scheme that ran for 14 years, netting profits of about US$9-million. The case was the result of a joint investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Ontario Securities Commission, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. The pair met while studying law at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto in the early 1990s and soon after graduating they hatched a plan to profit from knowledge of undisclosed corporate transactions. The profits were then transferred to casinos in Las Vegas and the Bahamas for laundering. Story

Dec 10, 2009. Senator's Fraud Trial Begins - In 2006, a special Senate committee investigated allegations Lavigne had used a staff member to do personal work for him. The Senate had received a complaint by Lavigne’s neighbour that a member of his staff was cutting down trees on their property in Wakefield, Que. Story

Nov 17, 2009. Journalism for small minds - Canada least corrupt - "TI assesses public perceptions about corruption, rather than actual corruption, because corrupt countries typically distinguish themselves by not prosecuting crooked government officials or those who try to bribe and intimidate them." Story

"Comment: When those individuals fail to respond to a Subpoena (below) our study indicates Canada has more in common with Nigeria than anywhere else"

Oct 24, 2009. Merchant Law Group - Sued - The suit accuses Merchant of making false allegations of negligence against Tsatsi.

“The words of the defendant (Merchant) falsely and maliciously attributed a grossly negligent and defective training, skill and ability of the plaintiff and reflected on his professional reputation in a defamatory way, reducing him in the esteem of reasonable people in the community,” the suit claims. Story

It accuses Merchant of making the statements to bolster his clients’ case for the “malicious intent of discrediting the plaintiff.”

Comment: "This time it is the Ambulance chasing the class act himself ..."

Sept 21, 2009. Lawyer and Canadian Senator Investigated - "A Vancouver lawyer appointed to the Red Chamber in 2001, Mobina Jaffer was responding to questions about legal charges that she and her son, also a lawyer, had billed to the Catholic order.

According to documents filed in B.C. Supreme Court, the firm billed the Oblates in British Columbia more than $6.7-million, including $5.1-million in lawyers' fees, from January 2000 to December 2004, for work related to Indian residential schools abuse claims.

A firm receptionist billed at $65 an hour, the order claimed in court documents. Other support staff billed at $75 to $100 an hour. Senator Jaffer charged the Oblates a rate of $450 an hour; her son, a junior lawyer with little experience, charged $200 an hour, according to court documents. The Oblates claimed that on one day, Mr. Jaffer-Jeraj "billed in excess of 24 hours." Senator Jaffer once charged 22.1 hours for work over one day, the Oblates claimed." Story

Comment: Stories with certain Senators and lawyers don't end with the above story. Some lawyers intentionally do not bill or take any payments from their clients, then they proceed to get a Lien, Writ, or Caveat on their former clients property.

Exhibit

Sept 10, 2009. Lawyers sued for 60 million - Claiming his lawyers botched his divorce settlement three decades ago, a Calgary man is now seeking more than $60 million in compensation. Dmitri Burcevski, in a lawsuit filed in Court of Queen's Bench, alleges negligence and other legal wrongs ultimately led to his ex-wife taking him for $25 million. Burcevski's claim dates back to his divorce in 1978 from Monyca Ambrozic and her successful claim in 2007, she held a one-third ownership in his property. His statement of claim, a copy of which was obtained yesterday by the Sun, says Ambrozic's action would have failed had lawyers at Wilson Laycraft handled their divorce properly. It says then-lawyer Michael Harrison arranged for Burcevski to sign over two parcels of land to Ambrozic as their divorce settlement. But, Harrison never had Ambrozic sign an agreement document that the second parcel was part of their breakup agreement, the claim states. Story

Please see entry below (extortionists) of July 4 & April 9, 2009 - Dimitri Burcevski et al. v. Monyca Ambrozic

Aug 04, 2009. Poor Lawyers Boycott? - Ottawa's criminal defence lawyers are poised to join a spreading boycott of high-profile legal-aid cases that began in Toronto on June 1. Mark Ertel, president of the Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa, said Tuesday the association's 125 members will vote on the matter Aug. 24. There's little doubt, he said, that they'll endorse the boycott, which affects homicide and guns-and-gangs cases in which the government is paying the bill for clients who can't afford their own lawyers. When lawyers do legal-aid work, they're paid according to a government-set schedule that many defence lawyers say is unfairly stingy. Informally, Ertel said, many Ottawa criminal lawyers have already started to decline legal-aid work in cases covered by the boycott. "I'm personally boycotting, and I think most experienced lawyers are not taking these (legal aid) certificates."

Provincially, about 500 lawyers in Toronto, Kingston, Hamilton, Barrie, Sudbury and Thunder Bay have signed on to the boycott to protest legal-aid fees that have risen just 15 per cent in the past two decades. Fees range between $77 and $98 an hour.

Accepting legal-aid cases at those rates, Ertel said, "is like charity work. Running your office, you're losing money. Ninety-eight dollars an hour isn't enough the turn on the lights." Story

Comment: "Actually ... no one is buying this "poor lawyer" drivel and if this was the case no one would care if the lights were out and they were freezing in the dark. There is no sympathy for a bunch of self governing legal "opportunists" who rape the public with extortionists legal fees and then collect the uncollectable using Caveats and Writs against their clients property. Perhaps these lawyers should go and "conquer the arctic" with Stephen Harper and Rob Nicholson because the government has no intention of changing the justice deficit in Canada. Could be some of those penguins and sunbathing seals need legal advice?"

July 25, 2009. Tony Merchant - SCC Denied! - High-profile Regina lawyer Tony Merchant lost his final bid Thursday to quash a two-week suspension imposed on him by he Law Society of Saskatchewan. The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Merchant's application for leave to have the country's highest court hear his appeal of a lower court decision. Story

"Merchant has already served the suspension, but opted to try to take the case to the Supreme Court on principle, said his lawyer, Gord Kuski."

Comment: We have no idea if Matthew Merchant who is the son of Tony Merchant and Senator Pana Merchant went to the Supreme Court based on "principle" but it appears no one was listening and he is disbarred for good. Mr. Tony Merchant (daddy) ignored a SUBPEONA to attend along with a few others mentioned on this website, and this contempt is based on who or what principles ?

July 5, 2009. Jim Prentice MP - Lee Richardson MP - What Lee Richardson MP was doing hanging around Jim Prentice's Stampede breakfast in Calgary (July 4th 2009) is anyone's guess, but two political clowns don't make a right? Jim Prentice ignored the issues and pretended to know nothing and then quickly headed for his car. Lee Richardson (Calgary Centre) who has already established himself as a political failure with some of his previous comments, directed the following drivel towards Marcella Jordan.

Quote: Lee Richardson MP: "I know that file and I know that website, and mental illness is provincial jurisdiction"

July 4, 2009. Lawyer Gangs - Legal extortion is a career choice with some in Canada. While assets are being removed by way of extortionists fees (millions?) in a case that should and could have been resolved long ago, it appears that the lawyers again with both firms need more money, and are enthusiastically using the courts to get it.

Dimitri Burcevski et al. v. Monyca Ambrozic (Alta.) (Civil) (By Leave) (32745) (The motion to adduce new evidence and the application for leave to appeal are dismissed with costs. / La requête pour déposer de nouveaux éléments de preuve et la demande d’autorisation d’appel sont rejetées avec dépens.) Coram: Binnie / Fish / Abella

See below posting of April 9, 2009.

June 14, 2009. Eugene Meehan - 10 Tips - Any tips on Public Inquiries Mr. Meehan? (See below: May 17, 2009 entry).

June 11, 2009. Matthew Merchant - Final Disbarment - "On June 4, 2009, the hearing committee, on application by the law society, found that Mr. Merchant was in breach of the practice restriction that he was not to sign any trust cheques or in any way handle trust property. Consequently, the hearing committee vacated the stay of the disbarment," the law society stated in its release.

The matter dates back to January 2007 when a law society hearing committee disbarred Merchant after sanctioning him on six citations, including applying for ex parte garnishee orders knowing counsel was acting for the other side, deliberately misleading the court in applying for those orders, failing to respond to opposing counsel on a timely basis, threatening his clients with criminal proceedings to induce repayment of settlement money overpaid to them by his firm's mistake, lying to his clients in an attempt to frighten them into paying that money back, and failing to render a trust accounting on a timely basis. Story

Comment: It doesn't matter who your daddy is ...

Many people are interested in the news that their former legal counsel (Matthew Merchant - Merchant Law Group) who represented them in many "transactions" carried on like it was business as usual, despite having strict conditions placed upon him until a decision was made by the Law Society. It is this kind of reckless disregard for law by a lawyer that his former clients should be concerned with, and those clients are some very large corporations and governments in Canada and abroad. This guy was very busy maintaining trust accounts, real estate, mortgages, Caveats, WRITS (questionable) and he worked with many other lawyers on these deals. What you may have thought was a "done deal" concerning any transaction with Matthew Merchant of Merchant Law Group may not be the case!

It is fact that Lisa Mebs (see below - April 26, 2006) was working with Matthew Merchant who inflated the claim on a Caveat and there was NO explanation given by the Alberta Law Society, Mebs or Merchant.

June 8, 2009. Lawyer Gangs - (Law societies under fire) - "In other countries, concerns like MacPhail’s have become an impetus for change. In England and Australia, for example, law societies are having some powers stripped away, and independent bodies have sprung up to deal with complaints. Among the Commonwealth countries, Canada’s system of lawyer discipline is fast becoming the exception instead of the rule."

"England isn’t the first to move away from pure lawyer self-regulation. In Australia, most states have an independent legal services commissioner to handle complaints. Steve Mark has been in the role in New South Wales since 1994; his office has proved so successful it’s served as a model elsewhere, including in England." Story

June 3, 2009. Jim Prentice - Keep us informed? - Jim Prentice's constituency office asked Marcella Jordan to leave the premises after refusing to answer some pointed questions concerning a file (2006). Jim Prentice has refused every request from communications directed towards him since then, and as recently as four weeks ago refused to be involved even after the recommendation of Justice. AG. Park of the Court of Queens Bench (get a member of parliament to act!). This latest letter coming from the office of Jim Prentice shows a remarkable change of attitude, but this most likely has more to do with a PUBLIC INQUIRY (see entry and list dated May 17, 2009 below). All communications from Mr. Prentice prior to this have been of the "get lost variety".

May 17 2009. Anthony Gavrielides - Ind. Forensic Auditor - THIS IS TO ADVISE, THAT I WILL BE ARRANGING A FULL FORENSIC AUDIT AND PUBLIC INQUIRY, ON YOU AND THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE. SHOULD I MISS SOME NAMES, AS YOUR NEW FILE GROWS, I WILL ADD THEM LATER. SEVERAL OF YOUR LAWYERS, WHO YOU HAVE INSTRUCTED TO LIE FOR YOU, AND DECEIT THE COURT, IN THREE PROVINCES IS ASTONISHING. THE IS THE LIST I HAVE ACCUMULATED SO FAR, FROM THE MOST RECENT AND PAST. ALL OF THESE PEOPLE, AND THEIR AFFILIATIONS, INCLUDING YOURSELF HAVE COLLUDED TO ABUSE THE LEGAL SYSTEM, FOR YOUR OWN FUN AND GAMES.

0) ED JORDAN
1) DON MORGAN
2) JIM PRENTICE
3) WAYNE BARKUSKAS
4) NAVCAN CANADA
5) WESTWIND AVIATION
6) FAA UNITED STATES (ON BEHALF OF THE HOMELAND SECURITY, THEY CAN BE VERY IMPARTIAL)
7) MERCHANT LAW GROUP, INCLUDING EUGENE MEEHAN, TIMOTHY MEAGHER
8) FRANK QUENNELL
9) PETER JORGENSON (FORMER PILOT SUNCOR AIR)
10) MARY J HELMS
11) LISA MEBS
12) ROCKY MOUNTAIN REAL ESTATE CORP, INCLUDING REMAX AND CENTURY 21, AND THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY.
13) LORNE NYSTROM
14) FEDERAL JUSTICE, ALBERTA JUSTICE, BC JUSTICE, SK JUSTICE, AND SO ON.
15) FEDERAL RECREATION AND PARKS (GOLF AND TOURISM)
16) SEVERAL OTHER LAW FIRMS, THAT COLLUDED UNDER YOUR INSTRUCTIONS TO TRICK MARCELLA INTO BELIEVING THAT THEY WERE LEGITIMATE, WHEN ACTUALLY THEY WERE NOT.

May 14 2009. Guns, Ammo & Calgary Courts - "A man tried to take a handgun and 50 rounds of ammunition into a court building in Calgary this week, police say. A man in his mid-20s was stopped at the Calgary Courts Centre on Monday. Police said he was carrying a 9-mm Luger handgun and the ammunition in a bag." Story

Comment: Not a word of the intentions this pistol packing court visitor had?

May 11 2009. Powerless Courts & Dirty Lawyers - The following document from the Court of Queens Bench admits it is powerless to stop any interference or manipulation of Court Orders (seized file) by anyone especially with a law degree. Letter Conduct unbecoming (abuse of process) by dirty lawyers and others will continue as this is a business that is self serving, has it's own interests (public interest is last), and generates huge profits for lawyers based upon it's dysfunction and the inability to have Orders enforced. Most important is that no one with a law degree in Canada wishes to change this highly profitable arrangement ... not to mention it's status of self-governance.

Comment: Canada has nothing over Mexico or any other country who has a corrupted legal system.

May 8, 2009. Saskatchewan Justice - Court Ordered Homelessness? - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and his Justice Minister Don Morgan have replied (excuses) to inquiries concerning the manipulation of Justice A.G. Park's Order of Dec. 22nd 2008. Even though Saskatchewan MEP applied to have these "undisputed" funds released as per the Order of Justice A.G. Park of the Calgary Court of Queens Bench, they are being witheld in contempt. There is no valid reason to withold these funds. The actions taken by lawyer Mary J. Helms of Koskie-Helms in the Saskatchewan Courts only illustrate the dirty business of collusion of law, which is rampant in the Province of Saskatchewan. These actions demonstrate that some members of the courts in Saskatchewan will render anyone homeless (twice) under the disguise of law (prejudice). Don Morgan Letter, Brad Wall Letter.

"When we talk about the actions of dirty lawyers, we always provide documented proof"

May 6, 2009. Lawyer Gangs - FRAUD These cases involve dirty realtors, bankers and lawyers, Goertzen said. "These things don't happen with just one bad guy. It takes collusion from several people along the way to make this happen," he said "We have to work out how to go after those people." Story

May 2, 2009. Wayne Barkauskas - $475.00 - You did swear to $475.00 monthly on a affidavit submitted to the courts Mr. Barkauskas, and this should be recognized as one of the best examples of fiscal restraint in Canadian history, worthy of an achievement award?. Link, Link, Link.

April 29, 2009. Tony Merchant - Cry Victim Merchant Law Group - "But the same shoot-from-the-lip style that earned the Regina-based lawyer a reputation as a fearless and outspoken litigator has put him in the crosshairs of the courts and regulators. In these legal battles, Mr. Merchant, 64, is finding that his trademark strategy of intimidating opponents with a volley of claims, motions and appeals has only succeeded in delaying proceedings." Story

Comment: "And when Mr. Merchant is not intimidating opponents he is disregarding SUBPOENA'S (Motion to Appear) from the Alberta Court of Queens Bench along with some of his fellow Saskatchewan lawyers. Mr. Merchant has helped himself to his former clients property by means of questionable WRIT's, and disregarded Court of Queens Orders (Alberta) when it suited him. Mr. Merchant has left a trail of victims in his legal past and has managed to thwart any serious legal repercussions, and the actions taken against him in Saskatchewan have been laughable. Of course there is Matthew Merchant, son of Tony Merchant and Senator Pana Merchant, who has been disbarred by the Alberta Law Society, but the concept of Matthew Merchant working without daddy's approval is ridiculous.

Mr. Merchant has never turned down any interviews (publicity) we have heard of, so he must not like questions concerning helping himself with his clients trust accounts?

April 20, 2009. Lawyer GANGS - "A Toronto lawyer who abused his legal status to hide his role in the international drug trade has had his prison sentence substantially increased, sending a stern warning to a privileged profession that is often removed from police scrutiny.

"He was ready and willing to abuse these specific privileges available to him because of his status as a lawyer to enhance his money-laundering services. [Rosenfeld's] willingness to prostitute his legal services and abuse the special privileges associated with them are significant aggravating features of his conduct."

Rosenfeld also drew particular ire because of his mockery of Canada's justice system -- saying it was "20 times safer" for a lawyer to launder money in Canada than in the United States and that prison terms here are notably light. Story

Comment: For those despots with a law degree out there who think they are no longer "persons of interest" in Canada or the US (Extradition), rumour has it saying otherwise.

April 11, 2009. Justice Minister Bribes- "Martin Cauchon, the former Liberal Justice Minister, denies allegations of influence-peddling contained in court documents filed with the Supreme Court of Canada. The Vancouver Sun reported Friday on the documents in which Vancouver lawyer Michael Galambos claimed under oath that Cauchon offered him federal prosecution contracts in exchange for support of ex-prime minister Paul Martin." Story

April 09, 2009. Abuse of Process - "The Orders and Judgments of Canada's Justices continue to have zero relevance as long as the vultures with law degrees (divorce lawyers) can smell the money "

There is an Alberta woman who in a division of assets recently won her case in the Alberta Court of Queens Bench, then again in the Alberta Appeals Court. The lawyers helped themselves by billing at rates comparable to the actions of gangsters in an extortion attempt, and finally the case went the the SCC where this case was refused to be heard (ex-husband), but the lawyers came up with fees of $100,000.00 anyways. This woman is now being subjected to more legal fees, a psychologial assesment costing tens of thousands of dollars, and a new "discovery" by more lawyers helping themselves to the remaining division of assets. All this means is that any previous rulings by Justices in the Court of Queens Bench, and the Alberta Appeals Courts have zero relevance, as well as the SCC not hearing this case.

This is a designed "free for all" in Canada legislated by lawyers acting as Justice Ministers in political suits, and benefits no Canadian outside the lawyers club. In addition this treatment borders on "crimes against humanity" as the stress becomes unbearable for those who are subjected to legal extortion. This is one of the western world's biggest consumer scams, fully endorsed by the Government of Canada.

April 08, 2009. Brad Wall - Saskatchewan Premier - "McGuinty seemed unconcerned that Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is headed to Ontario next week to offer college and university graduates up to $20,000 if they move to his province and stay for at least seven years." Story

Comment: Should this recruitment drive of Mr. Wall fail, perhaps he may offer this incentive package to disbarred lawyers from other Canadian Provinces who cannot work anywhere else?

Matthew V.R. Merchant v. Law Society of Alberta - SCC - leave to appeal is dismissed with costs!

"The April 2 decision means the professional body can continue investigating a complaint filed against Merchant by a Regina woman in November 2004". Story

Comment: Perhaps Mr Merchant and a Canadian Senator should stick with "bad doggie" lawsuits in Provincial jurisdiction. Story

March 18, 2009. Brad Wall - Saskatchewan Premier - "This Court Order has not been satisfied, giving credence to the theory that Judges and the Courts are being undermined by certain Justice Officials employed by Government." Letter & Order

March 14, 2009. Merchant Law Group - "High-profile lawyer Tony Merchant is facing a two-week suspension from practising law following a ruling by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal. In a 38-page decision released Thursday, the province’s top court upheld Merchant’s conviction and suspension. The court said the suspension was reasonable, given the concern that the “collective reputation of the profession has been tarnished.”

Merchant’s lawyer, Gord Kuski, said his client will accept the suspension, but may still, on principle, try to take the case to Canada’s top court. Story and Comments (CBC)

Comment: Is this when you get Eugene Meehan to "handle" Supreme Court matters? (See entry below, Jan 7, 2009)

March 12, 2009. Merchant Law Group - We are all in favour of photo opportunities minus the halos, but which one of these lawyers has been in front of the Law Society of Saskatchewan for conduct unbecoming numerous times?. Which one of these lawyers ignored a Court of Queens Bench Notice of Motion? Which lawyer has been fined $300,000.00 by a British Columbia Court for his unethical conduct? Which one of these lawyers has been disbarred by the Alberta Law Society for to many reasons to list here?, and which lawyer who has himself been suspended by the Alberta Law Society is now suing Merchant Law Group?.

"For those promising young lawyers from the University of Saskatchewan who posess the highest standards of moral and ethical integrity and are seeking to article with a law firm of equal moral and ethical integrity for the year 2010 and 2011, we wish you the best of luck in your choice". Link

March 11, 2009. FBI Arrest Canadian - Peter Pocklington, another prominant Canadian, (Fraser Institute) has been arrested by the FBI for FRAUD. Mr. Pocklington joins the ranks of prominent Canadians involved in Enron, Worldcom, and Hollinger who have defied US law. This has never been a problem in Canada because those empowered to prosecute do not prosecute political and business associates north of the 49th. Perhaps Mr. Pocklington will find suitable accomodations beside Mr. Black or Mr. Ebbers in a US federal prison? Story

Comment: Can the Governor General award the "Order of Canada" to US prosecutors?

March 07, 2009. Lawyer GANGS - A Montreal lawyer who has defended members of the Hells Angels biker gang was found guilty on Friday of various charges, including gangsterism and drug trafficking. Prosecutors say Louis Pasquin is believed to be the first lawyer in Canada to be convicted of gangsterism. Story Renald Beaudry, president of the defence lawyers association, said it was sad and unfortunate "to know that we have a rotten apple in our ranks."

Comment: "Mr. Renal Beaudry would like the public to believe there is only one rotten apple in the ranks of Canadian lawyers ... but we do know otherwise"

March 07, 2009. RCMP terribly damaged - "The four officers may have gone into the inquiry believing they would never face criminal charges — as decided by the B.C. Criminal Justice Branch last Dec. 12 — but that decision could change, “especially given the public outcry at evidence from the inquiry,” notes Robert Gordon, head of Simon Fraser University’s criminology department. Story

Note: Please see Feb 17, 2009 entry below: RCMP Officer charged with FRAUD and then view the following Statement of Claim concerning the RCMP.

Feb 26, 2009. DIRTYLAWYER.COM - It's the story of one man who withstood more than two decades of intimidation and coercion, the story of a man whose challenge to official police and judicial authority in the Niagara Region launched three unique Government Inquiries into police corruption involving secret deals, secret wiretapping and secret rituals in the very shadow of the mist and proved that, in the honeymoon capital of the world, secret motives and public judicial rights make for a bad marriage. "Extreme Heat" Website

Feb 25, 2009. Obstruction - On December 22nd 2008, the Honourable Justice A.G. Park of the Calgary Court of Queens Bench made his Order specifying that "immediate" actions were to take place concerning the file of Ms. Marcella Jordan. Over sixty days have passed with no action being taken as specified in Justice Park's Order, and zero communications from Alberta Justice.

Comment: The legal term for this activity is best described as being in "Contempt", as well as the actions of certain individuals who are empowered to act by Alberta Justice, but are active in undermining the Alberta Courts and the Justice's who write these Orders. So be it Federal ...

Feb 18, 2009. Warrants - Harper's government is not processing documentation (warrants, subpoenas, etc.) from U.S. Officials investigating fraud & money laundering schemes originating in Canada, or facilitated by Canadians. Our lax Enforcement, even thought laws and regulations exist re: Stock Markets to Land Titles, astounds and angers U.S. authorities."Link

Feb 18, 2009. Global Corruption Threat: Canada - "Government integrity continues to be undermined by loopholes that allow secret donations to some candidates, and allow for excessive government secrecy including secret, unethical lobbying, as well as by cabinet patronage appointments, lack of judicial and Senate accountability and weak government accountability lapdog agencies." Story

Feb 17, 2009. Don Morgan - Saskatchewan Attorney General "We are committed to fighting crime in this province," Justice Minister Don Morgan said. "By organizing ourselves, we can use our combined resources to further the planning and development of government, community, Aboriginal and police responses to organized crime and gangs." Link

"Comment: What Don Morgan does not plan on doing anything about, are the lawyer gangs active in the Province of Saskatchewan and across the Nation. Some of these Justice Ministers are all about protecting their fellow lawyers ... at all costs, even when credible evidence says otherwise. Mr. Don Morgan should know that everyone else outside the Province of Saskatchewan knows, and peddling these self serving press releases are not going to help."

Feb 17, 2009. Wayne Barkauskas (Wise, Walden & Barkuskas) When you (Wayne Barkauskas) cannot get $10,000.00 in court costs, change your mind in ten seconds then try for $6,000.00 in court costs, and finally get awarded zero dolllars ($00,000.00) in court costs. Quote: Court of Queens Bench Transcripts: " And Ms. Jordan (self represented) has been successful before me because the Provisional order was varied such that spousal support is effective to December the 31st. 2005. So there will be no court costs awarded in this court"

Mary J. Helms and Ted Koskie of Koskie-Helms (Saskatoon) are another pair of lawyers that need some serious ethics training.

Feb 17, 2009. RCMP Officer Charged - An RCMP constable who worked in the passport and immigration section in Calgary has been charged with extortion and criminal harassment in connection with some real estate deals. Const. Hoa La, who is currently suspended from the force with pay, has been charged with 17 offences. It's alleged La, 43, made "false representations" to banks during purchases of residential properties in central Alberta and their related mortgage acquisitions from 2005 to 2008. Story

Comment: The next question is who worked with Const. Hoa La in this mortgage fraud scheme? ... and I did say don't sing Oh! Canada anytime soon.

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Jan 16, 2009. Merchant Law Group - Tony Merchant is a "person of interest" to many these days.

Jan 08, 2009. Saskatchewan Lawyer - The Law Society of Saskatchewan has lodged a formal complaint against a Regina lawyer (Garry Oledzki, Liberal Party Candidate) for allegedly forging documents and gifting himself money and property of clients. " The complaint includes allegations Oledzki prepared last will and testament documents in which clients were to leave him $50,000, and oil, mines and minerals rights to certain land. He also prepared documents awarding himself other gifts." Story

Jan 07, 2009. Eugene Meehan QC - Exerpts of communications from Mr. Anthony Gavrielides, IND. Forensice Auditor, to Mr. Eugene Meehan of Lang Michener LLP. "I HAVE TRIED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO DISCUSS THIS WITH YOU, AND EVERYONE THERE SEEMS TO THINK THAT FRIENDSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN FACTS. LIKE YOUR INTERFERENCE IN MARCELLA JORDAN'S CASE, AND SEVERAL SUPREME COURT MATTERS, AND SO ON."

Dec 22, 2008. Merchant Law Group - MLG was ordered to pay more than $250,000 in damages plus interest to Clifford and Linda Chudy as well as $50,000 in punitive damages plus legal costs after the Chudys successfully sued the law firm for breach of fiduciary duty In his written decision, Davies pointed to the firm’s conduct during the matter, calling it “reprehensible” along with “outrageous and scandalous.” Judgment. In a 2-1 decision, the appeal court agreed with that assessment. Story

Nov 27, 2008. Warrants -" THANK YOU so very, very much for treading where "angel" fear to tread!!! My partner is and Ind. Forensic Auditor that works with U.S. Officials (Black, Enron, Worldcom & Tyco). EVERY comment made by you and everyone, EXCEPT the head of the Securities Commission is accurate. Including that the Americans are very p*****d by our political and judicial officials. Harper's government is sitting on warrants for documents from high profile "white collar" criminals. He also made it that all employees sign non-disclosure papers with serious consequences for whistle blowers!!! Reviewing material on website www.law.avva.ca, including SCC file #31539 and companion FCC file T-2027-06, should shock readers. Posting this material has caused NO counter actions or statements of defence to materialize. Thanks to you Evan and your brave staff "the truth" is finally coming out." Link

Posted by: Connie O'Byrne | Nov 26, 08 03:13 PM

Nov 26, 2008. Who is guarding your money? CBC - "Canada doesn't have a single national watchdog to enforce the law on financial markets. Critics say that allows white-collar criminals who rip off Canadian investors to simply walk free. So how broken is the financial watchdog system?." Story. Lawyer gangs ...?

Nov 25, 2008. Merchant Law Group Secrecy - SASKATOON -- "A recent Appeal Court decision has revealed, for the first time, the existence of a years-long legal battle?? between the Law Society of Saskatchewan and prominent Regina lawyer Tony Merchant. Until now, it's been a battle fought in closed courtrooms, with all documents sealed from the public and Merchant's name cloaked behind the initials "EM and M Law Firm." There was no legitimate reason for the prolonged secrecy, the decision suggests" Story

"She also applied twice to have a Queen's B ench judge find Merchant's client in contempt of court, but both applications were dismissed -- first on the grounds there was insufficient evidence to show the man had received a settlement and then on the grounds there was not enough proof he had known the terms of the original court order."

"Without certain documents held by Merchant, she had little to show as evidence"

Tony Merchant's penchant for using WRITS against his clients (numerous), while making fools of the public and the Judiciary is documented here and here. There is more that is known on these lawyer gangs ...

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Nov 19, 2008. Merchant Law Group - The following comments concerning Tony Merchant on the LEADER-POST and posted on other websites need no further explanation. Story

Ken T Wed, Nov 19, 08 at 07:05 PM

Another money grabbing attempt by an unscrupulous lawyer. When will this guy stop??? When will the Law Society put an end to him, he gives lawyers a bad name. I'm embarrassed that he is from Regina.

Morley Wed, Nov 19, 08 at 07:23 PM

I'm surprised the guy hasn't found a way to launch a class action lawsuit against himself. Or a class action lawsuit against class action lawsuits. To him, a class action lawsuit is like winning a lottery. Ambulance chaser.

So who Wed, Nov 19, 08 at 09:11 PM

so who gets the money if he wins?? me?? you? you? or even y ou?? probably not.....lol..he must be running out of things to sue about and people to sue!

Marian Wed, Nov 19, 08 at 09:26 PM

I know of people who have put in complaints to the Law Society and NOTHING ever happens to Tony Merchant! Why is he so charmed that he never gets a slap on his hand or held accountable for his actions! He says he will represent someone then sends someone else in from his office to cover the court case and that lawyer is not prepared for the case.

To Marian Thu, Nov 20, 08 at 09:51 AM

He'll never be brought into line because Judges were once lawyers and that fraternity trumps justice.

Mike Thu, Nov 20, 08 at 06:09 PM

Tony Merchant's questionable conduct is all over the internet. It is not the mainstream media reporting it, but individuals doing what the Canadian media refuses to do. Neuf said!

Gary Thu, Nov 20, 08 at 10:24 AM

This man is totally ridiculous. Talk about an ambulance chaser. He has no scruples and should be disbarred.

On November 19th, 2008 Anonymous (not verified) says: (NewsTalk980)

BIG WINNER just in time for the holidays is Tony and his family. BIG LOSERS just in time for the holidays-all the charities and recipients of WCLC. I hope you have a fabulous Christmas Tony & Liberal Senator wife.


David - Saskatoon (CTV News Website)

I wish Tony Merchant would leave Saskatchewan. We're such nice people and he's trying to pretend he's one of us.

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Oct 12, 2008. Wayne Barkauskas (Wise, Walden & Barkauskas) - Quote: Justice A.G. Park - "I note that I received no evidence of the husband's present current assets or current liabilities as at 2007. I require that evidence. In addition I do not know his present income stream. He may have income from other sources. He may have found new employment. He may have not totally retired. I will require his income stream from all sources from the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. In particular his income stream from any employer pension throught Westwind Aviation Ltd. and any income stream from RRSP contributions since the matrimonial division should be detailed." End Quote: Justice A.G. Park.

(LawyerIntl.com) defined:

practice. The examination of the truth of a writing; the certificate that the writing is true. Vide Authentication.

Source : Bouvier 1856
Language : English

Do you have any issues with the above definition of verification? ... Mr. Barkauskas

July 24, 2008. Sasktachewan Justice - "The report confirms that our targeted programs are helping to reduce crime," Justice Minister and Attorney General Don Morgan said. "I am pleased to note that for the fourth consecutive year there has been a decline in the overall rate of crime in Saskatchewan." Press Release Comment: Mr. Morgan is quick to boast about crime rates when there is zero mention of white collar criminals roaming all areas of Canada including Saskatchewan. One must take these self serving congratulatory political press releases in stride (skewed), as again Mr. Don Morgan Justice Minister has failed to include those fellow Saskatchewan lawyers who ignore SUBPEONA's, such as Mr. Frank Quennell and Mr. Tony Merchant. (subpeona's)

July 23, 2008. Don Morgan: - "Conflict-of-interest disclosure statements, which include organizations that MLAs belong to, show the Sask. Party's 36-member caucus has 11 MLAs who are card-carrying Tories. The list includes cabinet members Ken Cheveldayoff, Wayne Elhard, Lyle Stewart, Christine Tell and Justice Minister Don Morgan. Story" Comment: The question now is, does Ottawa run Saskatchewan Justice? because this is no different than the past Federal Liberals influence peddling ... protecting it's card carrying Provincial MLA's with law degrees.

July 6, 2008. Lawyers Gone Bad (dodo) "Lawyers have to come to grips with the prospect that they are a "luxury good" that may no longer be needed in the country's courtrooms as more litigants represent themselves, warns a leading Canadian legal publication." Story Comment: What these legal publications refuse to acknowledge as being the problem is the obvious ... which is documented all over this website.

June 30, 2008. Frank Quennell: " Last Thursday Quennell claimed Morgan was "very involved" when the SaskParty received the police files that blew the fraud scandal wide open." Story Comment: Frank Quennell ignores a SUBPEONA (Notice of Motion) to attend at the Alberta Queens Bench Court, but he is quick to accuse others of being involved in issues surrounding FRAUD. Frank Quennell has refused to co-operate in providing any documentation (client/solicitor agreement) supporting his claim that he was a lawyer for Marcella Jordan. To represent anyone in court without their explicit consent ... can be characterized as FRAUD.

June 22, 2008. Mortgage FRAUD: The FBI said Thursday that it has arrested more than 400 real estate brokers since March -- including dozens over the last two days -- in its crackdown on incidents of mortgage fraud that have contributed to the country's housing crisis. Link "Comment: Don't anyone start singing Oh Canada! ... just yet"

May 28, 2008. Connie O'Byrne: An open letter from Connie O'Byrne on what is it you don't get? ... concerning MORTGAGE FRAUD by white collar criminals in Canada. Letter This letter in response to a Strategic Intelligence Brief by Criminal Intelligence Service Canada. FRAUD Report

May 22, 2008. Merchant Law Group - Merchant Law Group is being sued for 30 million dollars (story) by Mr. Tom Stepper who is a former lawyer with Merchant Law Group, and who has recently been suspended by the Alberta Law Society for failing to deposit funds in trust to several clients, as well as theft of funds entrusted by his clients. Document. Mr Stepper is facing disciplinary action by the Alberta Law Society scheduled for July 2008.

April 11, 2008. Justice A.G. Park: quote: "In support of her application the Affidavit of Anthony Gavrielides was filed. He complained in his Affidavit that this information was not provided by the courts or by the husbands lawyers (Wayne Barkauskas - Wise, Walden & Barkauskas) and stockbrokers, or by the wifes lawyer's"endquote. Document

April 07, 2008. Brad Wall - Saskatchewan Premier: When looking in the Sask. Party caucus mirror it may be prudent for you to ask the question who now has their head up their ass? ... Mr. Wall. Document

Feb 28, 2008. Wayne Barkauskas: Mr. Barkauskas (lawyer) has submitted sworn Affidavits to the Court of Queens Bench, Calgary, stating that his client's income is $475.00 per month. We will leave this lawyer to explain how a client who has an income equal to a welfare recipient ... spends vacation time in Hawaii and other tropical destinations. Document (Link) AFFIDAVIT submitted to the Court of Queens Bench from Mr. Anthony Gavrielides, Ind. Forensic Auditor. Document

Oct 27, 2007. FRANK QUENNELL:  Quote: COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO - " We would request the co-operation of the Attorney General of Saskatchewan in remitting the necessary documentation to the Alberta Attorney General for Alberta to take the appropriate steps" :Endquote document  Please see below Oct 9, 2007 (NOTICE OF MOTION TO ATTEND) directed to Frank Quennell AND Oct 25, 2007 (NO SHOW). document

Oct 25, 2007. NO SHOW: The following individuals failed to respond to the NOTICE OF MOTION TO ATTEND (below Oct 9, 2007) - Frank Quennell, Justice Minister and Attorney General of Saskatchewan, Anthony (Tony) Merchant and Matthew Merchant of Merchant Law Group, Terrence Dawe of Dawe Law Office, and Edward Jordan. BMO Nesbitt Burns legal counsel did attend, and brought the requested documentation with them.

Oct 24, 2007. MERCHANT LAW GROUP: Regina lawyer Tony Merchant appeals conduct convictions. QUOTE: "He warned the Appeal Court justices that, should such actions be allowed, it could have severe ramifications in that "no person in his or her right mind would allow Mr. Merchant or any other lawyer to hold funds in trust." ENDQUOTE. Link Please see entry below (Oct 9, 2007)

Oct 9, 2007. NOTICE OF MOTION TO ATTEND - Frank Quennell (Saskatchewan Attorney General & Justice Minister document,  Anthony Merchant (Merchant Law Group) document,   Matthew Merchant (Merchant Law Group, "disbarred") document,  Wayne Barkauskas (Wise, Walden & Barkauskas) document,  Edward Jordan document,  Terrence Dawe (Dawe Law Office) document,  BMO Nesbitt Burns document. HEARING - October 25th , 10:00 a.m Court of Queens Bench, 601-5th St. SW, Calgary, AB.

Sept 19, 2007. SUBPEONA - The Calgary Court of Queens Bench has refused to process SUBPEONA's even when these documents being used are the proper procedural forms as per The Alberta Rules Of Court.

Aug 28, 2007. Merchant Law Group - " Ottawa wrong to reject 'unofficial' residential school forms: lawyer" Story. Tony Merchant has not produced his list of thousands of victims who were former students of residential schools, and it appears he has no problem in using the wrong forms to send to Ottawa for quick payments. Outside of the Province of Saskatchewan people do take accountability and the verification process seriously, and perhaps Merchant Law Group can seek the advice of Queen's Bench Justice Dennis Ball who ruled that verification is not necessary when it concerns public funds. Perhaps this Justice Dennis Ball can make a ruling on "forms", when there is no verification of who is going to be paid out.

Aug 17, 2007. Merchant Law Group - "Dressed up taxation of a lawyers bill". Clifford Judy and Linday Chudy, Merchant Law Group, Earl Shaw. In the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Link

Aug 02, 2007. "Lawyers are Rats" - Macleans Magazine. Mr. Alan Young and Mr. James Morton were not very convincing in defending the integrity of lawyers on CTV's - The Verdict, hosted by Paula Todd ... another lawyer. Story . All these experts on lawyer conduct need to read this complete website along with the Canadian Bar Association, The Upper Canada Law Society and every other Law Society and Attorney General in Canada who is in denial of these facts. Perhaps Frank Quennell, Tony Merchant, Matthew Merchant, Mary J. Helms, Deidre Smith, Wayne Barkauskas, Lisa Mebs and several Provincial Justice Departments should be reading "Lawyers are Rats" for an observation on what public opinion truly is. The CBA (Canadian Bar Association) plays dirty ... Maclean's Magazine Story.

July 30, 2007. Brian Mulroney: When a former Prime Minister and lawyer cries "victim" then people notice. This "abuse of process" is all over the file of Marcella Jordan and the activities of the lawyers illustrated on this webiste using taxation officers, clerks and registrars makes it no different. The best kept secrets of the courts were exposed when Mr. Mulroney's lawyers decided it was abuse of process against their client.

July 28, 2007. Matthew Merchant: Merchant Law Group - Hearing to be held Nov. 5-9 2007. 21 Citations - Self Represented - Click here for document - Page #10.

July 14, 2007. Jim Prentice MP - Calgary Centre North: Prior to Mr. Prentice being an elected Member of Parliament he worked as a lawyer, and against the interests of Marcella Jordan. Mr. Prentice will not engage in any meaningful dialogue and his staff displays contempt when vaild questions are presented concerning his participation in the affairs of Marcella Jordan. The authenticity and support documentation Mr. Prentice acted upon is in question, and the affidavit, Item #8 highlights one of many issues. In addition Mr. Robert Nicholson, MP Niagara Falls and Federal Justice Minister of Canada like his predecessor MP Vic Toews, is aware of the circumstances and has not replied to requests concerning the file of Marcella Jordan. Perhaps the Government of Canada should grant temporary work visas to Chicago prosecutors as they seem to be effective in getting answers, convictions and prison sentences.

June 16, 2007. Giuliano Zaccardelli : In his report, Brown concluded whistleblowers were in fact punished for trying to right wrongs while those responsible for the problems were not. Story Note: Those who exposed these problems were punished for doing so ... but there is no mention of any legitimate investigations that may not have been followed up under the direction of the former Commissioner of the RCMP?.

April 13, 2007. AFFIDAVIT: The affidavit of Mr. Anthony Gavrielides, Ind. Forsensic Auditor has been submitted to the Alberta Courts. (RRSP's, BMO Nesbitt Burns, payments, WRITS). ... continued

NOTICE OF MOTION:  Please click here for the Notice of Motion - Nesbitt Burns, Wayne Barkauskas, Ms. Mellisa McKinley, Ms. Lara Lalonde, (Alberta Justice), Mr. Frank Quennell, Mr. Anthony Merchant, Mr. Matthew Merchant, Ms. Lisa Mebs and Ms. Diedre Smith.

April 10, 2007. Merchant Law Group: Merchant, who claims to represent as many as 10,000 former students of the church - and state-run native school system, had been seeking $50 million for his firm's work prior to the class-action settlement. Ottawa balked at the bill, with Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice telling Maclean's that the lawyer would not receive "one red penny" without submitting his accounts to independent auditors. Story "Matthew, one of the three lawyer sons of Tony and his wife Pana, a Liberal senator, was disbarred by the Law Society of Alberta for threatening clients and deliberately misleading the court." more ...

March 31, 2007. Merchant Law Group: The federal government must pay the Merchant Law Group (MLG) a guaranteed minimum of $25 million for the legal work it did on the multibillion-dollar Indian residential school class action settlement agreement. Link  Note: Only in the Saskatchewan courts are decisions rendered and based upon "non-disclosure" while certified court documentation and other documentation illustrated on this website is ignored. The Saskatchewan courts have shut down the "verification process" which is demanded by all Canadians in financial transactions by taxpayers, corporations and government. This display of solicitor/client priviledge proves the courts act upon heresay and rumors, encouraging others to reap the profits of unacountability. The RCMP is not the only credibility problem facing Canadians with respect to their justice system.

March 13, 2007. Frank Quennell: It appears the Justice Minister for Saskatchewan, Frank Quennell, conspired to prevent Anthony Gavrielides, an Ind. Forensic Auditor with over 30 years experience, from obtaining verifiable documents in fraudulent activities of well connected "white collar" criminals. How many times has evidence about this corruption been subverted? ... Please click here.

March 13, 2007. Merchant Law Group: Could experienced lawyers of Merchant Law Group, namely Tony Merchant and JD Roberts, fail to win a case based on a forged mortgage renewal document as outlined in C.A. 1244? Based on recent events maybe the client was a "victim" of unethical lawyers and judges colluding ... Please click here.

March 10, 2007. Merchant Law Group: Victor Dietz, president of the Law Society of Saskatchewan, said it is reviewing Mr. Merchant's conduct "with the likelihood that there will be an investigation." Story. Note: The Alberta Law Society and the Saskatchewan Law Society were notified in 1997 concerning the conduct of Tony Merchant, as well as both Provincial Governments, and Hon. Irwin Cotler of the Federal Government (2004), who dismissed these formal complaints on numerous occassions since 1997. Mr. Frank Quennell, AttorneyGeneral and Justice Minister of Saskatchewan still refuses to explain to anyone why he chose to disobey a Court of Queens Bench Order in moving my file to Saskatchewan from Alberta. The concept of "Lawyer Gangs in Collusion" would have been considered absurd until recently.

March 09, 2007. Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin: People in Ottawa live in glass houses, and there is no mention by Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin of the real and true epidemic of corruption taking place inside Canada's courts, and demonstrated on this website. Story

March 03, 2007. Merchant Law Group: A B.C. court has issued a $300,000-plus judgment against the Merchant Law Group (MLG) for collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in contingency fees the firm wasn’t entitled to receive. The B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered MLG to pay more than $250,000 in damages, plus interest, to Clifford and Linda Chudy, a B.C. couple. In his 97-page judgment, Justice Barry Davies also ordered MLG to pay $50,000 in punitive damages, plus legal costs, after the Chudys successfully sued the law firm for breach of fiduciary duty. Story

February 23, 2007. Matthew Merchant: The antics of Merchant Law Group and Ms. Lisa Mebs are displayed in the following documentation. Please compare this Order with the WRIT (below: February 22, 2007) claimed by Merchant Law Group. There have been handwritten observations added.

February 22, 2007. Matthew Merchant: By order of Justice P. Chrumka dated February 9, 2007, and settled February 15, 2007 the findings of guilt and sanction of disbarment were stayed on an interim basis pending the Member's application for judicial review. What is needed for review by the Alberta Attorney General, The Court of Queens Bench, and the Alberta Law Society are questionable WRITS by Merchant Law Group and the actions of those others illustrated on this website, as well as those who have not yet had their courtroom antics posted for public scrutiny.

February 19, 2007. Merchant Law Group: The Indian Residential School Survivors Society deplores Merchant Law Groups legal fees tactics. "Open your books MLG". Link

February 12, 2007. Supreme Court Action #31539 (applicants: Anthony Gavrielides and Connie O'Byrne), indicates the Merchant Law Group took fees, but did not challenge foreclosure proceedings based on forged mortgage renewal documents. Nine Judges would not order a verifiable mortgage history, and the home of a low income, single woman was stolen legally.

Feb 1, 2007. NOTICE OF DISBARMENT: On January 30, 2007, a Hearing Committee disbarred Mr. Matthew V.R. Merchant who resides in Calgary, Alberta and practised in Calgary. The Hearing Committee found that Mr. Merchantýs conduct was deserving of sanction on seven citations involving applying for ex parte garnishee orders knowing counsel was acting for the other side, deliberately misleading the court in applying for the said orders, failing to respond to opposing counsel on a timely basis, threatening his clients with criminal proceedings to induce repayment of settlement monies overpaid to them by his firmýs mistake, lying to his clients in an attempt to frighten them into paying the said money back, and failing to render a trust accounting on a timely basis. The Hearing Committee ordered that Mr. Merchant be disbarred immediately, and pay costs of the proceedings estimated to total $20,778.65. The Committee further directed, in accordance with section 78(6) of the Legal Profession Act, that the Executive Director send a copy of the hearing record to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General. There was no direction to appoint a custodian as Mr. Merchant practised with partners who will be responsible for his practice. More on Matthew Merchant and Lisa Mebs here.

Jan 31, 2007. Evatt Merchant  Quote:" For their part, Merchant's son Evatt said Prentice is targetting his father for political reasons." Endquote:  Foot in mouth seems to be hereditary with some people, as there is no lawyer who has spent more time in Ottawa than Tony Merchant, who has been peddling the combination of law and politics longer than most governments have been around. The courts belong to the people and political influence does not belong anywhere near the Federal court or any Provincial court. Hon. Mauril Belanger MP and Hon. Irwin Cotler MP ignored addressing some serious issues that were disclosed to them (2004, 2005), but played Golf with Mr. Tony Merchant when the opportunity presented itself.

Jan 18, 2007. Merchant Law Group: That the Learned Chambers Justice erred in law by making findings of fact and legal interpretations of the provisions that relate to the payment of legal fees to the Merchant Law Group on the basis of no evidence, inadmissible evidence and evidence not properly before the court and disregarded evidence that was properly before the court ... To view or download the Federal Attorney General Notice of Appeal please click here.

Jan 3, 2007. Federal Court of Canada: Ms. Connie O'Byrne "having already been through one "dismissal" process ... I decided risking my personal safety ... fixing someone else's failure of duty or mandate is not my responsibility ... " To view or download please click here.

Dec 19, 2006. SUPREME COURT: Ms. Connie O'Byrne Personal Notes 2006/12/17... IF THE JUDGES DID read material filed ... "because without documents that can be verified our Courts are bogus" - Motion to Produce VERIFIABLE documents - Motion for Reconsideration - To view or download please click here.

Nov 25, 2006. Ms. Connie O'Byrne has filed a Statement of Claim (Federal): Defendants - Attorney General of Canada, Hon. Irwin Cotler, Giuliano (Zack) Zaccardelli Commissioner Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Darrell McFadyen Assistant Commissioner Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Inspector Dave Sabean formerly Sergeant Royal Canadian Mounted Police, R.G. (Ron) Riddell Sergeant Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Download Participation of Frank Quennell, Sask. Attorney General, more ...

Nov 10, 2006. Matthew Merchant - Merchant Law Group: Conduct deserving a sanction on 33 citations - Alberta Law Society. Page 3. Outside of Law Societies, these mutiple citations of "conduct deserving a sanction" may very well be classified under the criminal code as extortion, and fraud, where the "rules" are much different for the rest of us living in the real world of Canadian justice.

Nov 6, 2006. "Money has always motivated me," Merchant said. Quote. The issue of questionable WRITS against people's land placed by lawyers who claim "payment for services rendered", is the motivating question. This serious issue has been raised by several former clients of Merchant Law Group, who have in turn motivated themselves to alert the Law Society of Alberta. Lawyers cannot justify multiple WRITS of $70,000.00 + that have been placed not by a Judge, but by court clerks against the properties, estates and assets of these clients. This awarding of questionable WRITS by those other than a Federal Judge (Federal Divorce Act) belongs in a Banana Republic, where the "free for all" philosphy is the accepted norm of financial gain ...

Oct 27, 2006. Mr. Anthony Gavrielides, Ind. Forensic Auditor has reviewed all the certified documentation on this file and shares his observation on Justice, and some of those persons illustrated on this website who have circumvented Justice. Link

Sept 21, 2006. Claims under scrutiny: A retired Supreme Court judge hired by Ottawa wants to make sure the money paid to Merchant is reasonable and equitable. He's checking whether the work was actually done and clients actually exist. Merchant is balking, claiming the verification process violates client-solicitor privilege.

"I follow a lot of rules," he said. "I'm very respectful to the judicial system and treated wonderfully, quite frankly, by judges, not just here but elsewhere." Story. Here is an example of some of those rules of conduct unbecoming Mr. Merchant uses, which contradict his claims of being respectful to the judicial system. Link

Sept 20, 2006. Alberta Justice Court Services, which falls under the administration of Ron Stevens, Alberta Attorney General and Justice Minister, has sent me a Notice of Conviction. This is over a City of Calgary parking ticket where Alberta Justice will convict you with enthusiasm for $50.00, but yet this very same Alberta Justice Minister knows full well that tens of thousands of dollars in arrears are owed to me according to Alberta Maintenance Enforcement, and does nothing to enforce the collection of these court ordered arrears. This is besides the tens of thousands of dollars belonging to me in the Saskatchewan courts that has been witheld by means of manipulation and more, by those persons illustrated on this website. Frank Quennell moved my file to Saskatchewan contrary to a Alberta Court Order. The certified documentation on this website cannot be disputed, and there is no valid documentation anywhere else that states otherwise.

Sept 19, 2006. Merchant Law Group: "Government affidavits allege incidents of shoddy bookkeeping, questionable billing practices, and suggest that Merchant has many hundreds of phantom clients." All the same, the auditors note several problems with the documentation they did receive. Work-in-progress reports showed "multiple time and disbursement entries" Macleans.ca. This exposure is just the beginning for those who have participated in conduct umbecoming, and those others mentioned on this website who have used the courts to engage in the Law Society sanctioned activity of entrepreneurial justice, serving no one but themselves ...

Aug 13, 2006. Epidemic of self representation Chief Justice Beverly McLaughlin is avoiding the larger issue of lack of confidence by the public with those having a law degree, aside from the outrageous fees charged and little to no recourse with those guilty lawyers charged with conduct unbecoming. When you fail to identify the difference between a "despot with a law degree" dressed in Harry Rosen's, and a member of the Canadian Bar Association, it is time to introduce a federal ombudsman and abandon the concept that certain law society's govern themselves in the interest of the public. Other commonwealth nations have instituted a federal ombudsman with success.

May 24, 2006. "Serious Time for Serious Crime" was the topic of discussion at the Town Hall Meeting on Justice hosted by the Honourable Rob Anders with the guest speaker being the Honourable Vic Toews, Federal Attorney General and Justice Minister. Mr. Toews gracioulsly answered some pointed questions by those attending this meeting. Quote Mr. Vic Toews: "It could be a Constitutional issue" Endquote:

April 26, 2006. Despite agreements with Ms. Lisa Mebs on the handling of questionable Writs $78,579.54 (+ fees + interest +) against my property for a total amount of $111,338.88 claimed (document) by Merchant Law Group. Ms. Lisa Mebs attempted to pay out this Writ contrary to my instructions, and claimed there were no grounds to refuse to pay out the Writ according to some "unknown" Practice Advisor at the Law Society. What was unknown to both Ms. Lisa Mebs and Matthew Merchant was that the Alberta Law Society and myself had been in ongoing communications, and they had a vastly different opinion concerning the stated claim of Merchant Law Group. The mishandling of trust accounts as well as incompetence, is one of the reasons why Law Society's need to disbar those who have demonstrated conduct unbecoming.

April 20, 2006. Frank Quennell continues to avoid his participation in breaking Alberta Court Orders, by hiding behind everyone and anyone in Saskatchewan Justice, and this time it is his Deputy Attorney General Doug Moen. A lame response has been received from Mr. Moen stating that the Orders/Directives of the Ontario Appeals Court Justices will not be honoured unless these Orders are "certified" by the Ontario Appeals Courts. This is another display of contempt by means of stalling proceedings orchestrated by several devious "legal types", in concert with Saskatchewan Justice.

Mar 07, 2006. Frank Quennell is asking The Honourable Vic Toews for Federal money to support the Saskatchewan legal aid program, Story when he himself disregards the Orders of the Court of Queens Bench, Alberta . If some Provincial Justice Ministers are not complying and circumventing the Federal Divorce Act, why would anyone fund them?.

Feb 09, 2006. The Ontario Court of Appeal (Jan 09, 2006) has asked for the cooperation of the Saskatchewan Attorney General Frank Quennell in releasing and forwarding all necessary documentation to the Alberta Attorney General concerning my case file. Please note the lack of documentation or reasons given for some decisions that have been made in the Saskatchewan Courts. There are 40,000 + reasons (see below) why Mr. Frank Quennell Attorney General, should not delay this request of the Ontario Court of Appeal. The Saskatchewan Attorney General moved this file against the Orders of the Honourable Madame Justice B.L Rawlins, Court of Queens Bench Calgary, and now he is being asked to cooperate in moving it back.

Feb 08, 2006. Lawyer Tony Merchant (Merchant Law Group) found guilty of conduct unbecoming a lawyer by the Saskatchewan Law Society.

Jan 9, 2006. My case has been referred to the Alberta Courts as the Ontario Appeals Court would not hear my case. Ms. Deidre Smith of MacDonald and Partners Law Firm of Toronto took exactly one year to the day to perfect this appeal and have my case heard, only to have no decision made by the Ontario Court. The guidelines for perfecting an appeal in Ontario are sixty days, but this is not enforced and can be used against persons who are in a compromising situation, while Frank Quennell Justice Minister holds tens of thousands of dollars in support arrears belonging to me in Saskatchewan. It is now two years where my funds have been withheld. The Formal Judgment of the Honourable Madame Justice B.L Rawlins are binding Orders that have been circumvented by various individuals as illustrated..

Nov 11, 2005. My arrears of nearly $35,000.00 continue to be held in the Saskatchewan Court by Order of Madame Justice A.R. Rothery, leaving me in a continued compromising situation. Frank Quennell who calls himself a Justice Minister and Attorney General, refuses to discuss anything, including his participation in moving my file from Alberta to Saskatchewan, against the Order of Justice B. L. Rawlins of the Court of Queens Bench, Calgary.

Oct 8, 2005. Recent communications received from MEP do indicate there are serious concerns in the manner in which my file has been dealt with in the past.

Sept 21, 2005. I continue to be held in a compromising situation by not having a permanent address despite $30,450.00 (+ revised Alberta MEP) in arrears being held in the Court of Queens Bench Saskatchewan.

Sept 1, 2005. The orchestrated evasiveness continues with Saskatchewan Justice and others directly involved in the serious issues illustrated on this website. Mr. Frank Quennell Justice Minister of Saskatchewan, has shown by his contemptuous actions that he has no regard for the Orders  and Judgments of those Justices in the Court of Queens Bench, Calgary, Alberta. Perhaps someone should inform Saskatchewan Justice that everyone is expected to honour Orders and Judgments in Canada's Courts. To this day, the peddling of misinformation and denial continues with those who are associated with my file.

Aug 22, 2005. Ms. Deidre Smith of MacDonald & Partners (Toronto) is one these Ontario lawyers you hire when you want your support payments terminated using any means possible, even if this means you end up on the streets. The intentional delays caused by Ms. Deidre Smith, in the Ontario Appeals Courts has caused individuals myself included, to be the recipients of Ontario welfare. In addition to this, Ted Koskie of Koskie-Helms (Saskatchewan) is attempting to use the Courts, to further prevent me from obtaining my funds, and again using any means possible and further demonstrating the concept of lawyers turning people into recipients of social assistance.

Aug 13, 2005. Despite those who are working on my file including Justice departments officials, and who are in agreement that my arrears are for a considerable amount ($33,000.00 + revised), I have not received any funds due to unecessary and questionable delays. Further malice and contempt is being demonstrated with more court servers stalking me in Alberta. This is nothing short of the orchestrated participation of a few individuals, who are attempting to prevent this collection as per the previous court Orders and Judgments.

Aug 4, 2005. The $50,000.00 question is where is this money. If it is not in any Lawyers trust account has it ever been there?. If it is not sitting in some Justice department account why is it not there?. Parking tickets and fines are enforced and accounted for by our courts, but a court ordered estate can disappear?. Does Frank Quennell, Justice Minister and Attorney General of Saskatchewan know where this money is?, after moving my file contrary to the Order (3) to Terrence Dawe by Madame Justice B.L. Rawlins.

Jul 26, 2005. It has been established that previous Judgments from the Court of Queens Bench (re: Merchant Law Group) were never submitted to the court for process and collection. My arrears now total $25,000.00 +, in addition to what has been written in the Judgment of the Honourable Madame Justice Rawlins, Court of Queens Bench, Calgary.

April 23, 2005. My arrears being withheld by the Court of Queens Bench, Saskatchewan, by Order of The Honourable Madame Justice Rothery total $20,500.00.

January 12, 2005. I have been informed that my funds will be held for an indefinite period of time,($15,000.00 plus $1,440.00 per month) while MacDonald & Partners and Ms. Deidre Smith of Toronto attempt to have another free for all of my assets. My funds are being withheld leaving me without any resources to live on, and it is not possible for me to appear in Toronto. Criminals are treated with more dignity. To make me defenseless by removing my financial support is what some lawyers call Family Law in Canada, and this is being taught in Canadian University's.

December 17, 2004. Further conversations today with Saskatchewan Justice confirm that the release of my funds of nearly ($13,640.00) are being delayed due to a Court hearing in Saskatchewan. On Nov 16th 2004 Saskatchewan Maintenance Enforcement conveyed that my funds would be released no later than Dec. 16th, 2004 as per the Divorce Act and in compliance with the Order of Justice G.R. Morin of the Ontario Superior Court, who refused a Saskatchewan Provisional Order. Saskatchewan Maintenance Enforcement knows full well of the required procedures in the release of funds and have chosen to not be available to any further conversations.

December 15, 2004. MacDonald & Partners and Ms. Deidre Smith. I cannot get my funds returned to me despite numerous Orders & Judgments by various Justices across Canada, and I continue to be harrassed by yet another legal firm, who's employees teach this at The University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law.

June 17, 2004. I have today been informed that someone has withheld a garnishee that was to be paid to me. These are the new standards of law that some Justice Ministers, lawyers, and other members of the courts would like to have you believe are in the interest of Canadians. A 'garnishee on a garnishee' has been created .

Nov 15, 2004. The Provisional Order issued by Justice I. Goldenberg, Court of Queens Bench, Saskatoon has been dealt with by the Ontario Superior Court. Justice G.R. Morin has refused this Provisional Order of Saskatchewan. As is required, The Honourable Justice G. R. Morin will convey his decision to the Saskatchewan Attorney General, Frank Quennell. Some people are ignoring the Orders and Judgments of the Honourable Madame Justice B.L. Rawlins of Alberta. How many times can comtemptuous lawyers who circumvent the Court of Queens Bench be awarded more time in delaying the release my funds ($12,400.00). Who else will be in contempt of all these Justices besides the ones already mentioned on this website, and who else is manipulating the Courts of Canada with impunity?.

Oct 4, 2004. Perhaps someone should inform Madame Justice B.L. Rawlins in the Court of Queens Bench of her new found status by Saskatchewan lawyers and justice department employees. When inquiries are made on who moved these files from Alberta to Saskatchewan there is no answer given by Saskatchewan Justice. Someone should also inform Saskatchewan Justice that they in fact broke a Court Motion in Saskatchewan by immediately releasing $2,200.00 of my spousal support after the letter of June 27th. Saskatchewan Justice refuses to give me the balance of my maintenance support of nearly $8.000.00 and Saskatchewan Justice has instructed me to send a Court Motion to Saskatchewan, which they have already broken themselves. I am expected to wait for procedings to take place against me in an Ontario Court, and this directed by Saskatchewan Justice employees who again circumvented The Court of Queens Bench, and they see no problems in circumventing the Ontario Superior Court. There is no Ontario Superior Court Judge that can overule my land equalization payment of $52,000.00 which involves Federal Capital Gains Taxes still unpaid.

Sept 23, 2004. On July 8th, 2004, a Provisional Order was issued by Justice I. Goldenberg, Court of Queens Bench, Saskatoon, and without anyones knowledge which cancelled my support payments and was back-dated to November 1, 2003. I repeat that no one had any knowledge of this action. On July 26th, 2004 an Order was issued by the Honourable Madame Justice A.R Rothery stating my spousal support shall be paid into court until further Order, and all funds previously collected from Saskatchewan Maintenance Enforcement shall be paid into Court. I cannot obtain my spousal support despite thousands of dollars being withheld.

July 13, 2004. Saskatchewan Maintenance Enforcement has today refused to honour the Orders & Judgments of the Honourable Madam Justice B. L Rawlins, Court of Queens Bench, Calgary, in releasing $5,000.00 payable to me.

June 27, 2004. It appears Lionel McNabb director of Saskatchewan Maintenance Enforcement went on vacation, after having my files on his desk for three month's and despite the fact the Province of Ontario requested prompt action on my behalf on collection of the arrears that belong to me.

June 25, 2004. There is $5,000.00 in bank and wage garnishee's belonging to me, with the enforcement action requested by the Province of Ontario and the Family Responsibility Office. This is being withheld and has been delayed without any valid or legal reason.

June 10, 2004. I have still not received any of my funds from Saskatchewan Maintenance Enforcement (despite a wage garnishee ordered on the 24th of May 2004), and Frank Quennell is using Mary J. Helms of Koskie and Company to collect $3,559.41 and using a Provincial Assessment Officer to do this.

May 20, 2004. I received yet another brown manilla envelope, and this in the form an invoice, by those employed by Koskie & Company, representing Frank Quennell Justice Minister of Saskatchewan.

Assessment of Bill of Costs $3,559.41...

In the year 2000, Frank Quennell moved my case files from Alberta to Saskatchewan, without my knowledge or consent, and did so against the rulings of the Honourable Madame Justice Rawlins, Court of Queens Bench Calgary, Alberta. Frank Quennell's actions resulted in the prevention of collecting portions of my estate that is clearly written in Court Orders.. (Order to Terrance Dawe, Tony Merchant).

I am told to pay this by June 16th 2004, to individuals who I never retained as legal counsel (Frank Quennell and Mary J. Helms) and these same people have attempted to have my support payments cancelled by visiting Saskatchewan Judges in the last eight month's, (Honorable Justice M-E. R. Wright , Honourable Justice R.S Smith, Honourable Justice R.D Maher) and doing so without a complete application (missing Orders) in their presentation to these Judges.

Then when you fail to convince Saskatchewan Judges, these Justice Ministers and lawyers go to some Assessment Officer (Provincial employee) even though I did not hire any of these lawyers , would not have approved these actions, and had no knowledge of these activities, and again this contrary to Court Orders and Judgments. Who will call this code of conduct and ethics acceptable anywhere in Canada?.

Court Judges are being undermined by glorified Provincial Assessment Officers, working in concert with Justice Ministers and lawyers, completely eroding democracy, and Law & Justice in Canada.

Quote: "Justice Minister Frank Quennell is concerned about the ranking of the police and the justice system at 51 per cent". Saskatchewan Justice Approval Rating Many more people are concerned with Frank Quennell being a part of Saskatchewan Justice, with his previous and present involvement as a Lawyer and a Saskatchewan Justice Minister who has disregarded the orders of Judges in the Court of Queens Bench. These rankings are the results of previous and present actions being taken by certain individuals in Saskatchewan. Quote: " He also notes that the higher one's income in Canada, the more confidence one had in the justice system and police and less in the welfare system." Being a lawyer and a recipient of those clients of higher incomes, Mr. Frank Quennell is demonstrating to us that satisfaction can be derived from buying lawyers as many times as needed including court services, and using any means necessary to achieve this confidence level, including the submission of erroneous documentation to Judges while other certified Orders and Judgments are excluded from the Court.

In any other Province in Canada, a garnishee is invoked as a last resort when individuals refuse to respond to their respective Justice departments by formal notice, and this is non- negotiable. In any other Province, drivers licences and commercial licences are also revoked and this is standard procedure, but not in Saskatchewan...

Iacobucci, a 'giant' of a judge, retires: June 24th, 2004

" In a wide-ranging interview before his official "swearing-out" ceremony at the Supreme Court of Canada yesterday, an impassioned Iacobucci — the judge who popularized the idea of "dialogue" between courts — suggested the "dialogue" has become strained."